Volume 2

The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick.

  • Power, H. (Henry), 1829-1911.
Date:
MDCCCLXXXI [1881]-MDCCCXCIX [1899]
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Credit: The New Sydenham Society's lexicon of medicine and the allied sciences : (based on Mayne's Lexicon) / by Henry Power and Leonard W. Sedgwick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CHACA—CHAIR. anaemic and scrofulous persons; also, as a colly- lium in conjunctivitis and scrofulous keratitis.' Clia'ca. The fruit of Sechium edule. Ol&aca'ca. The bark of Tinospora cordi- folia. Cliac'arilla. Same as Cascarllla. Clia'co In'dians. Inhabitants of the South American desert Gran Chaco. An inferior race, with low foreheads, high cheek-bones, wide nostrils, projecting under lips, and tattooed cheelcs. Chad. Same as Shad. Cliad'Ioc]£« The Brassica sinapistritm. Cll£6]li'na. (Xati/co, to open wide.) Name for diastase in reference to its converting powers. Clise'zion. Same as G/icenma. Chaerado'dia. A Genus of the Nat. Order Amaryllidacece. C. chilen'sis. An infusion of the leaves is used as a diuretic and purgative. Ch^raphros'yne. (Xat>a), to rejoice; a^pocrui'v, senselessness. 'F. chceraphrosyne ; G. die lustige Wahnsinn.) Term for mental de- rangement with cheerfulness of disposition. Cliaerefolium. Same as CerefoUum. Cliseroma'nia. (Kaipca, to rejoice; fxavia, madness.) A form of insanity in which the patient is very cheerful. Chaerophyllum. (Xaipw, to rejoice; vXXov, a leaf; from its luxuriant foliage.) A enus of the Nat. Order Umbelliferce. C. ang:ula'tum. (L. angulatus, furnished with comers.) The Antkriscus sylvestris. C> antliris'cus. Ihe Anthriscus vulgaris. C. aromat'icum, Jacq. (L. aromaticus, fragrant.) Musk chervil. Had a reputation as a diuretic and lithontriptic. C. bulbo'sum, Willd. (L. bulbus, a bulb. F. cerfeuil bulbeux.) Bulbous root esculent. C. cicuta'ria, Vill. (L. eicuta, the hem- lock.) The root and leaves are said to be poisonous. C, cerefo'lium. The A)ithriscus cere- folium. C.monog-'ynum. (Moi/os, single; ywn, a female.) The Anthriscus sylvestris. C. odora'tum. The Myrrhis odorata, or sweet cicely. C. sati'vum. (L. sativus, that which is sown.) The Anthriscus cerej'olium, or officinal chervil. C. sylves'tre. The Antkriscus sylvestris. C. tem'ulum. (L. temulus, for temulentus, intoxicated.) The Anthriscus sylvestris. C. verticilla'tus. (L. verticillus, the whirl of a spindle.) The Antkriscus sylvestris. Chee'ta. (XaiT??, flowing hair.) Used in Botany for a bristle. Clise'te. (XatT)7, the mane of quadrupeds.) Old term for the hair at the back of the head; also the hair about the temples. (Gorra^us.) Chaetog*na'tha. _(X«iVjj; yvado^, the jaw.) A Class of the Subkingdom Ft'rmt's. Free, elongate, marine, transparent, monoecious ani- mals, having a head possessing 4 to 6 sets of pra)oral setae, and prehensile hook-like bristles on each side of the mouth, a body with a fin- like membrane on each side, and a tail possessing a striated fin. The intestine is straight. The nervous system consists of a ventral ganglion, sending a pair of lateral branches forwards to unite in a preoral hexagonal ganglion and a pair of lateral branches running backv/ards. The class contains one genus, which has by some been looked on as a vertebrate, by others, as amollubC. CliaBtopli'ora. (XatV??; cpoplw, to carry.) A term which includes the Annelids which have bristle-bearing foot-tubercles, such as tube-worms and sand-worms ; and also those which have locomotive bristles, such as earth- worms. Chaetop'oda. (XaiV^r, ttou?, a foot.) An Order of the Class Annelida. Marine worm- like animals, with tubular, bristle-bearing feet. It includes all the true worms. Body rounded, elongated, with muscular septa dividing it into rings, and with the mouth and anus at the oppo- site poles. Skin chitinous, thin in the water- inhabiting, thicker in the land species, with pores for the ducts of mucous glands, possessing in different instances many various appendages. Locomotion creeping or swimming, aided by bristles, often more or less modified. Nervous system a chain of double ganglia, with well- marked cephalic masses. Circulating system sometimes lacunar, sometimes with definite vessels, but rarely with a distinct heart. Re- spiration performed through the skin, or sometimes by the intestine. Sexes usually sepa- rate, sometimes monoecious, and occasionally presenting alternations of generation. Develop- ment sometimes without, sometimes with, manifold metamorphosis. GhsetO'sis. (XaiV?7, the hair. F.chcetose; G. das Borstigwerden der Haare.) Term for a bristly state of the hair. Cliafe. (Old F. chaufer, to warm ; from Low L. calejieo, to warm.) Originally, to warm; now, to inflame by rubbing. C. weed. The Gnaphalium germanicum^ from its use against chafing. Cliaif. (Sax. ceaf chaff. F. paillette ; G. Spreu, Spreiibluttchen.) The dry scales or husks constituting the refuse after winnowing of corn. In Botany, applied to small scales, and dry bracts, and also to the glumes of grasses. Cliaffbone. (Sax. c^a;;^, the jowl; Dan. kiceft, the jaw.) The lower jaw-bone. _ Chaf iy._ (Sax. ceaf.) Of the nature of, Kke, or consisting of, or possessing, chaff. Clia'fing'. (Same etymon as Chafe.) The red indamed condition of skin which occurs from friction, as between the thigTis from walking, or between the folds of skin in fat infants. Clia'gri'es. Indians inhabiting the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama. diagr'ual g'um. A gum obtained from the Fuya lanuginosa, and other species. Cihai. Negroes of the Nile, inhabiting the district of Sobal, near the Nikuar. Chaille'tia. A Genus of the Nat. Order Chailletiacece. C. toxica'rla. {To^ucSv, a poison.) The fruit is poisonous, and goes by the name of ratsbane. Cliailletia'ceae. A Nat. Order of mo- nochlamydeous Fxogens, having polypetalous flowers, valvate calyx, stamens alternate with the petals, and pendulous seeds. Cliain. (F. chaine, from L. catena.) A series of links. C. elec'tric. See Electric chain. C. viper. A name given by the Europeans in India to the Daboia Hussellii. Chair. (Old F. chaiere, from L. cathedra, a raised seat; from KaOiSpa, a seat. F. chaise ; I. sedia, cattedra; G. Stuhl.) A movable seat with a support for the back. C, obstet'ric. (L. obstttrix, a midwife.